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| author | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2016-09-20 22:59:53 +0200 |
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| committer | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2016-09-20 23:00:52 +0200 |
| commit | aab94da6195521d3ec0c879a6e3fd55a1b01d656 (patch) | |
| tree | 1e907be8346968d4cf1c64b0aae4216128241b48 /docs | |
| parent | 88e3743dde074aec43cc93b0567e29c6451554d3 (diff) | |
curl_global_cleanup.3: don't unload the lib with sub threads running
Discussed in #997
Assisted-by: Jay Satiro
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_global_cleanup.3 | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_global_cleanup.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_global_cleanup.3 index 2e3ff0362..04ab0437c 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_global_cleanup.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_global_cleanup.3 @@ -42,8 +42,14 @@ these other libraries. See the description in \fIlibcurl(3)\fP of global environment requirements for details of how to use this function. - +.SH CAUTION +\fIcurl_global_cleanup(3)\fP does not block waiting for any libcurl-created +threads to terminate (such as threads used for name resolving). If a module +containing libcurl is dynamically unloaded while libcurl-created threads are +still running then your program may crash or other corruption may occur. We +recommend you do not run libcurl from any module that may be unloaded +dynamically. This behavior may be addressed in the future. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR curl_global_init "(3), " .BR libcurl "(3), " - +.BR libcurl-thread "(3), " |